Patents by Inventor Akira Nukuzuma

Akira Nukuzuma has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Control system for controlling a mobile robot via communications line
    Patent number: 6430471
    Abstract: To correct delayed transmission of instructions associated with increased communication load on a communications line, so as to safely and reliably control a working robot, a system for controlling an operation unit performing a plurality of operations is configured to include a working robot and a controlling personal computer transmitting in operation a command via a wireless LAN and a wired LAN to control an operation. The controlling personal computer detects the load of a communication between the working robot and the controlling personal computer and limits a predetermined one of the plurality of operations depending on the detection result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2002
    Assignee: Minolta Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhisa Kintou, Akira Nukuzuma, Satoshi Himeda
  • Mobile unit and controller for mobile unit
    Patent number: 6025687
    Abstract: A controller for a mobile unit providing a setting unit to set an upper limit on the number of corrective rotations of to turn said mobile unit so as to correct the turning angle of said mobile unit, and a turning unit to turn said mobile unit within a range of a set number of corrective rotations to correct the turning angle after said mobile unit has turned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2000
    Assignee: Minolta Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Himeda, Akira Nukuzuma